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The Norman B. Leventhal Awards celebrate remarkable leaders and innovators who have made significant contributions to our built environment in Infrastructure, Land Development, and the Environment. Former Mayor Raymond Flynn, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, Joseph Albanese, and Rosemarie Sansone are honored this year at the Boston Harbor Hotel, for their contributions towards building a a better and more accessible Boston.
A
B
Thank
You
dusty
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
I
know
it's
tough
we're
meeting.
So
many
wonderful
people
saying
hello,
but
tonight
we're
here
to
honor
some
very
special
people,
so
we're
really
grateful
that
were
able
to
bring
attention
to
the
most
significant
group
of
city
builders
that
we
get
a
chance
to
monitor
this
year.
B
My
name
again
is
Rick
Tomino
on
the
presidency.
Over
letter,
City
I
can't
tell
you
how
proud
I
am
to
be
here
to
represent
the
board
of
my
organization
and
many
many
people,
men
and
women,
that
are
actively
engaged
on
behalf
of
the
business
community,
to
work
with
the
public
sector
and
to
work
with
other
colleagues
and
business.
We
need
neighborhoods
to
help
keep
Boston
in
the
region
of
the
state,
vibrant
and
globally
competitive.
It's
my
pleasure
to
welcome
you
all
to
this
wonderful
event.
Leave
it
on
it's.
The
ninth
annual
Leventhal.
B
B
D
B
Later
on,
we
are
going
to
be
honoring,
my
former
boss
and
believe
it
or
not.
He
put
me
in
the
optic
position
of
being
the
transportation
commissioner
and
I
actually
had
a
role
in
permitting
the
house
that
not
been
built
when
I
was
a
transportation
commission,
so
we're
very
fortunate
to
be
here
and
Thank.
You
Steven,
Thank,
You
Rachel,
and
these
events
don't
happen
without
incredible
people
that
are
engaged
with
helping
us
these
sponsors
and
raise
resources
that
allow
our
organization
to
thrive
and
be
successful.
B
So
those
folks
that
help
us
and
and
shape
this
organizational
success,
I
want
to
recognize
a
pause,
Allen
and
Beacon
Capital
Partners
druga
companies.
You
know
some
of
these
folks
that
I
got
the
chance
to
meet
when
I
was
younger
in
the
business
community,
not
only
mentors
of
mine
but
they're,
really
family
of
mine.
At
this
point
of
my
life
and
I'm
so
fortunate
to
college,
you
know
and
of
course,
the
Leventhal
family,
the
druid
family
are
amongst
those
kinds
of
people,
I
see
John
truth,
you
know.
So
these
people
and
Amir
knows
this.
B
Well,
just
a
quick
funny
story.
I'm
sorry
I
mean
probably
do
this.
Everyone,
smile
and
Dustin
will
probably
you
know,
throw
something
at
me
but
mere
plan.
When
he
told
me
he
said
Ricky,
you
know
you
have
every
right
the
world
to
be
the
city
of
Boston's
Transportation
Commissioner,
and
he
said
you
know.
This
is
something
that
you
should
definitely
do
and
and
then
he
said,
you
know
we're
gonna
announce
it
tomorrow.
B
Then
a
colleague
of
ours
that
some
of
you
may
know,
Frank
Costello,
came
downstairs
and
what
was
called
traffic
impact
and
he
said
well
they're
not
here
tomorrow,
but
I
want
to
let
you
know,
yeah
we're
gonna
say
it.
33
years
old
I
was
29
years
old,
so
ray
Flynn
gave
these
young
activists
throughout
the
city
a
chance
to
do
this
stuff
and
they
did
yeah
I
got
a
call.
My
mother
would
tell
her
don't
be
surprised.
B
These
people
and
I
was
that
young
and
they
were
kind
enough
to
take
me
under
the
wing
and
now
they
might
board
members
and
they're,
leading
not
only
my
organization
of
many
organizations
in
our
city
builders
in
their
own
right,
amazing,
alkis,
Manfredi,
again,
a
wonderful
firm
colleagues
at
MIT
who
were
kind
enough
to
join
us
in
the
sustainability
and
renewable
project
and
Steve
Samuels,
who
you
know.
We
know
that
this
Fenway
Park
and
the
Fenway,
but
Steve
did
everything
else
and
what
an
amazing
city
builder.
B
So
those
are
the
kinds
of
people
that
helped
us.
We
have
so
many
sponsors
and
again
my
board
members
a
year,
but
every
year
we're
lucky
enough
to
have
a
chairperson
of
my
board
and
again.
This
is
the
second
year
that
this
individual
that
I'm
gonna
introduce.
You
has
been
the
chairperson
of
my
board
and
that's
Douglas,
McGarry
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
him
as
our
chair
and
say.
Thank
you
Doug
for
your
great
work.
B
John
drew
you
hosted
this
wonderful
event.
You
had
a
great
host
committee.
How
amazingly
successful
you
were
I
mean
I
think
it's
always
hard
to
get
our
crowds
settle
down,
but
this
crowd
tonight
is
unbelievable
and
again
we
broke
records
in
terms
of
your
participation
and
John.
Thank
you
to
to
you
and
the
host
committee
for
making
that
happen.
But
I
can't
tell
you
you
heard
dusty
kind
of
ask
you
to
please
sell
down
dusty.
Does
that
you
know
to
be
honest
with
you.
For
me,
dusty
is
one
of
the
premier
event.
B
Leaders
in
the
world,
dusty,
we're
so
glad
and
lucky
to
have
dusty
here
in
Boston.
I
know
me
a
Walsh
is
here:
I
mean
when
dusty
decides
to
do
something
to
help
the
me
or
help
me
or
anyone
well
run
a
big
event
in
the
city.
She
just
does
a
great
job
and,
let's
recognized
us
because
she
volunteers
to
help
bogies.
B
The
other
interesting
thing
that
goes
on
and
again
most
of
you
who
know
me
know
that
really
I'm,
okay,
but
my
staff.
They
are
great.
They
are
great
and
Ternes
Guderian
who's
here
somewhere
in
the
audience,
is
the
person
that
really
organized
this
whole
thing
and
I'd
like
to
recognize
her
for
her
amazing
work
in
organizing
events,
and
she
did
that
with
a
great
group
of
people
turn
it
wherever
you
are.
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
there's
a
woman
that
held
her
who's,
an
amazing
individual
and
some
one
of
those
bright
stars
in
the
organization,
Emily
writers.
So
thank
you,
Turner
and
Emily.
Thank
you.
So
much
in
one
last
bit
of
stack
recognition,
so
mayor
you'll
be
pleased
to
know
that
I
recruited,
someone
from
New
York
to
be
the
executive
vice
president
over
better
City
and
the
way
that
I'm
calling
the
story
is
my
own
Babe
Ruth
story.
B
We
saw
we
stole
someone
from
Governor
Cuomo,
who
was
there
energy
and
environment
and
resiliency
expert,
and
now
she
works
for
us
and
Katie.
Kneeing
is
here
in
the
audience
and
I
just
like
to
recognize
our
executive
vice
president,
and
not
only
that
she's
pregnant
and
she
lives
in
the
South.
End
and
she's
gonna
have
another
Boston
voter
for
us
so
and,
and
it's
great
to
have
me
a
wall
chair
I'm,
so
fortunate
I
got
to
meet
the
mayor
when
he
was
running
for
mayor
and
his
passion
for
this
city
is
honestly
we're
very
fortunate.
B
We've
had
some
great
mayor's
in
the
city
and
Mayor
Walsh
is
is
incredibly
strong.
There
is
most
earnest
desirous.
Strong-Willed
focused
individual
that
thinks
about
this
city.
Every
day
we
couldn't
have
anybody
being
the
better
in
the
mayor's
position
and
mayor
Walsh
was
so
grateful
for
your
job.
You
do
on
your
being
here
tonight.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
And
sometimes
I
feel
like
I'm,
his
Mikey
in
the
Quaker
life
commercial.
It's
like
I
want
to
redesign
the
northern
Avenue
Bridge
where's
Ricky.
Let's
do
a
citywide
transportation
master
plan
or,
let's
think
about
what
time
Ricky
talked
to
me
about
putting
buses
on
the
street
and
taking
traffic
okay.
But
the
good
news
is
my
conversations
with
Amir
every
time
I've
talked
to
him
about
what
we
should
be
doing
and
I
ask
him
what
we
should
be
doing.
B
B
So
there's
someone
that
puts
magic
behind
all
these
videos.
I
mean
we've
been
doing
this
for
nine
years
and
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
her
she's
still
in
the
back
somewhere,
she's
Lin's
corner
vodka
and
what
a
beautiful
Italian
name
right
so
Lynn
I
know
you're
back
there
somewhere
behind
the
cameras
Lynn.
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
good
work
that
you
do
put
make
this.
B
C
C
C
It
was
under
your
leadership
as
mayor
ambassador
Flynn
that
this
organization
was
founded.
It
was
under
your
leadership
as
mayor
that
this
property,
this
elegant
building
that
we're
in
today
was
developed
a
landmark
for
the
harbor.
So
how
appropriate
to
recognize
your
leadership
and
the
support
you
provided
this
community
and,
of
course,
I
just
want
to
comment
about
the
leadership
of
ABC
we're
coming
two
years
as
25
years.
Pretty
remarkable
I,
don't
think
it's
here.
B
B
F
Thank
you
very
much.
Ricky
and
I
want
to
start
by
just
thanking
Ric
for
his
leadership
and
vision.
It's
true,
I
do
call
him
and
everything
and
when
we
started
when
I
saw
this
journey,
as
mayor
I
reached
out
to
him
and
said,
we
want
to
do
a
visioning
process
for
transportation,
the
city
of
Boston
and
and
he
gets
to
gathering
at
five
thousand
people
throughout
the
city
of
Austin
talking
to
them
about
what
we
want
to
see
in
Boston
and
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
that
come
to
fruition.
F
I
was
seeing
dedicated
bike
lanes,
we're
seeing
dedicated
bus
lanes
in
the
city
of
Boston,
taking
tens
of
thousands
of
people
off
our
roads.
We
have
more
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
over
the
course
of
the
next
six
months
and
year,
we're
doing
more
bike
lanes,
we're
doing
better
pedestrian
crossings
and
really
focusing
on
transportation,
not
just
because
we
have
to
because
our
city
is
growing,
because
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
and
I
want
to
thank
Rick
for
his
leadership
in
a
better
cities.
F
Dedication
to
the
city
of
Boston,
I,
just
went
to
Copenhagen
and
I
had
a
chance
to
to
go
there.
We're
on
a
climate
summit,
c40
climate
summit
and
I
had
a
chance
to
walk
around
and
I
was
saying
to
somebody
out
in
the
hallway
that
50%
of
the
people
that
travel
in
Copenhagen
traveled
by
bike,
50%
traveled
by
car
and
there
was
a
and
everyone
follows
the
rules
of
the
road.
F
The
the
pedestrians
walked
to
the
crosswalk
and
when
the
light
is
red
they
don't
cross
and
when
the
light
is
green,
they
cross
the
cars
stopped
at
red
lights.
They
don't
rush
through
yellow
lights
and
the
bicyclists
don't
run
people
over
on
the
sidewalk.
And
there
was
one
point
where
crossing
the
street
and
I
wasn't
thinking
and
I
almost
dashed
across
the
middle
of
the
street
and
I
realized.
F
F
So,
but
I
want
to
thank
Rick
and
his
team
here
for
the
great
work
they
do
in
all
of
you
in
this
room
that
have
something
to
do
with
it:
Talon
Leviton,
Leventhal,
family.
Thank
you.
You
know,
Norman
Leventhal
was
a
visionary
and
of
course
he
was
a
visionary.
He
was
from
Dorchester.
So
of
course
he's
a
visionary
and
when
you
were
talking
about
the
the
house
that
norm
belt
I
actually
worked
across
the
street
an
international
place
when
this
was
going
on
and
I
was
watching
this
building
being
built.
F
While
I
was
working
on
that
the
first
tower
in
international
place
actually
I
think
they
were
boat
being
built,
but
I
worked
on
the
first
tower
and
and
and
seeing
the
amount
of
work
at
that
time
in
the
city
was
amazing.
We
were
going
through
a
bit
of
a
renaissance,
seeing
new
buildings
and
new
ideas
and
new
projects
being
built
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It
was
a
great
great,
great
time
of
growth
in
this
city
and
we're
seeing
that
same
thing
happen
now
today
in
Boston.
F
So
I
want
to
thank
the
Leventhal
family
for
all
that
they
do,
for
our
city
to
all
the
other.
Awardees
Senate
would
win
its
congratulations
to
all
all
the
work
that
you
do
and
I
know
you're
being
recognized
for
different
accomplishments,
but
you
could
all
be
recognized
for
lifetime
accomplishments.
So
congratulations
to
the
award.
The
winners
tonight,
they're
recognized.
F
And
to
my
friends
and
Rivera,
the
mayor
launched
is
a
great
man
in
City,
Council,
Ed,
Flynn
and
any
other
elected
past.
The
president
they
here
thank
you
for
being
in
tonight.
There
is
no
place
on
earth,
quite
like
the
City
of
Boston
and
and
I'm,
obviously
a
little
biased
to
it.
But
it's
an
amazing
place.
The
people
of
our
city
are
hard-working.
They
have
a
deep
love
for
their
community.
F
F
Was
a
with
ray
Flynn
this
morning
we're
at
a
funeral
for
a
guy
named
Billy
McGonagall
Billy
McGonagall
works
at
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
for
47
years
he
dropped
out
of
school
high
school
he's
from
Southie.
He
dropped
out
of
high
school
and
went
to
work
for
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
any
any
roles,
all
the
way
to
the
top
of
the
Housing
Authority,
and
when
you
think
about
that
time,
in
an
era
of
Billy
McGonagall,
there
were
people
created
that
were
giants.
They
went
on
to
do
incredible
things.
F
F
He
represented
the
community
in
Southie
as
a
state
representative,
both
at
ice
represented
daughters,
a
state
representative
I
when
I
get
to
the
House
of
Representative
in
1997,
ray
Flynn
had
had
been
gone
from
the
house
for
a
long
time,
but
his
memory
and
his
legacy
still
remained
in
the
House
of
Representatives
of
somebody
who
fought
for
his
community.
Every
single
day
he
was
a
city
councilor
and
almost
a
member
of
the
Boston
Celtics.
F
He
missed
part
of
being
that
championship
team,
but
he
brought
that
glory
to
our
city
in
countless
ways.
Throughout
his
incredible
career
as
mayor
of
the
city
and
as
a
city
councilor
and
state
representative
in
1984,
Ray
was
sworn
in
as
the
52nd
mayor
in
Boston.
In
his
inaugural
speech,
he
talked
about
the
dignity
and
compassion
that
his
mother
and
father
embody.
He
said
that
he
wanted
every
single
resident
of
Boston
to
offer
the
same
dignity
and
compassion
those
values
guided
every
decision
that
he
made
as
the
mayor.
F
He
led
our
city
for
a
decade
through
times
of
growth
and
change
through
times
of
reckoning
in
reconciliation.
He
focused
on
lifting
up
our
community
and
investing
in
things
that
make
our
neighborhoods
great
I,
remember
being
a
president.
I
was
coaching
a
little
league
at
the
time
when,
when
Ray
was
the
mayor
and
I
remember,
he
came
down
and
brought
new
top
new
clay
to
the
field.
F
The
McConnell
Parkin
Savin
Hill
in
that
field
that
clay,
that
was
there,
was
in
the
suburban
parks
and
he
brought
that
to
the
city
of
Boston
and
most
people
don't
think
that's
a
big
deal,
but
for
an
innocent
inner-city
little
league
programs
all
across
the
city
that
made
such
a
big
deal
because
of
our
pride
back
into
our
neighborhoods
in
1993
President
Clinton
named
Ray
Flynn,
the
United
States
ambassador
to
the
Vatican.
He
led
the
National
and
led
at
a
national
and
international
level,
while
always
staying
closely
connected
to
the
people
of
our
working-class
neighborhoods.
F
He
has
always
been
a
champion
for
every
everyday
people
and
he
talks
about
it
today.
He
talked
this
morning
about
working
on
the
docks
he
talks
about
and
he
championed
working
men
and
women
champion
kids
and
our
seniors.
He
championed
people
with
disabilities
and
everyone
who
calls
Boston
their
home.
He
was
their
champion
he's
a
veteran,
a
scholar,
a
man
of
faith
and
a
man
who
loves
his
family,
he's
a
leader
where
the
steady
hands
and
a
visionary
with
an
open
minds.
I've
learned
a
lot
from
him
throughout
my
life
and
I.
F
Think
one
of
the
one
of
the
biggest
lessons
I
met
with
him.
He
became
into
my
office
right
after
I
became
the
mayor,
his
former
office,
and
he
talked
about
Polish
immigrants
coming
into
the
office
at
one
point
trying
to
seek
asylum
and
he
said
he
let
them
stay
in
his
office.
He
let
them
stay
there,
because
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do.
F
A
few
months
later,
unbeknownst
to
me,
the
President
of
the
United
States
of
America
was
going
to
attack
immigrants
and
Muslims
in
the
same
way
and
I
took
the
podium
in
the
Eagle
room.
Next
to
where
Ray's
office
was
and
I
talked
about
using
my
office
as
a
sanctuary
that
everyone
is
welcome
to
my
office.
It
was
kind
of
unique
words
and
people
said
well.
It
was
really
nice
of
you
and
I
did
say.
I
was
the
first
one
to
offer
my
office
out.
Mifflin
was
the
first
person
off
his
this
office
up.
F
F
I
want
to
congratulate
ambassador
and
follow
me
I
Raymond
Flint,
for
this
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
named
in
memory
of
Norman
B
Leventhal
light
norman
ray
Flynn
played
a
big
role
in
shaping
the
city.
We
love
today.
He
led
our
city
during
some
of
the
most
important
moments
in
our
history.
He
loves
Boston
with
all
of
his
heart
and
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
him
over
the
years.
He'll
always
be
a
big
part
of
who
we
are
as
a
city.
There.
G
H
Was
a
star
at
Providence,
College
all-american,
ray
Flynn
was
a
great
athlete
he's
a
great
basketball
player.
People
don't
realize
that
he
actually
played
for
the
Celtics
Hey
got
cut
by
the
Celtics.
Then,
when
Larry
Bird
came
into
the
NBA,
did
people
say
boy?
He
reminds
me
you're.
A
Flynn
Ray
was
the
typical
neighborhood
mayor,
who
was
the
right
guy
in
the
right
place
at
the
right
time
for
the
right
City?
He
you
know
he
really
was
one
great
Irishman
Ray.
I
K
Ray
very
much
led
by
example,
it
showed
in
terms
of
his
effort
to
bring
the
city
through
a
period
of
reconciliation,
to
put
in
significant
positions
of
authority.
Individuals
of
color
and
women
stood
as
role
models
and
mentors
for
a
lot
of
other
people
were
working
both
in
the
city
and
outside
of
it.
He.
N
L
Work
ethos
was
one
that
you
couldn't
imagine
he'd
be
at
City
Hall
at
6:30
in
the
morning,
he'd
be
at
events,
til,
8:00
at
night
and
then
he'd
go
running
and
that
running
wasn't
around
a
proven
track
at
laughs.
It
was
through
the
city
streets
time
of
day
and
his
poor
handlers
his
guards
he
just
kind
of
ditched
them
all
the
time.
Everyone.
O
Film
was
elected
in
1983,
the
Boston
economy
and
messages
economy
is
really
struggling
to
convert
from
the
old
industrial
model
to
the
new
knowledge-based
model.
So
one
of
the
things
that
happened
that
contributed
to
the
challenge
was
that
the
Defense
Department
closed,
the
South
Boston
army
base
and
where
everybody
else
saw
an
old
abandoned
warehouse.
O
G
P
A
time
that
is
so
cynical,
it
is
really
gratifying
to
know
that
there
are
public
servants
who
whose
mission
is
to
heal
the
sick,
to
educate
the
young
in
neighborhoods,
to
advance
spiritual
communities
and
who
think
about
good
jobs
at
good
wages.
He
is
the
mayor
of
Boston,
he
was
the
mayor
of
Boston,
but
he
will
always
be
a
man
of
God
and
a
family
man
when.
G
M
Thank
you
very
much.
Mia
will
auction.
Thank
you.
A
better
better
Boston,
Committee
I'll
be
very
very
brief,
and
when
I
asked
my
son
Eddie
to
say
a
few
words
that
are
necessary
for
this
special
occasion,
I
just
got
out
of
the
hospital
so
I'm,
not
as
strong
as
they
wasn't
those
pitchers
playing
basketball.
M
You
know
I
I,
have
to
say
this
to
you,
because
I'm
a
great
admirer
of
Mayor
Walsh
and
loved
the
Portland
political
environments
in
the
city.
It's
such
rich
in
history
and
tradition,
going
all
the
way
back.
We
don't
learn
from
that,
but
when
I
think
about
Boston
and
its
success
the
term
a
great
city,
it's
because
of
you
it's
because
of
the
business
community
here
in
Boston,
he
is
gold.
M
Would've
been
the
easiest
thing
in
the
world
when
I
was
elected
mayor
as
he
give
up
on
the
city
and
to
start
diverting
into
another
area
on
the
issues,
but
no
what
we
decided
to
do
is
we
decided
to
roll
up
our
sleeves,
develop
a
partnership
between
the
citizens
of
Boston
and
the
businesses
of
the
city.
It
was
probably
the
best
thing
I
ever
did
because
they
were
there.
The
business
community
was
there
where
there
was
linkage
of
programs
that
we
couldn't
afford
to
pay
for
kids,
God
says
it's
who
special
needs
programs?
M
We
started
it
because
of
he
had
linkage
programs
at
the
unions,
this
kid
right
here,
this
mayor,
where
his
father
and
his
out
his
uncle.
Well,
that's
what
we
started.
Look
at
the
pictures.
You'll
see
the
unions
were
right.
There
you'll
see
the
business
community
was
right
there,
my
friends,
that's
a
partnership,
so
if
anybody
deserves
any
credit,
what
it's
all
about
is
the
business
of
relationship
that
Boston
developed
with
the
business
community
and
it's
hue
that
deserved
his
lifetime
achievement.
Q
Thank
you
and
on
behalf
of
on
behalf
of
my
family,
we
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Leventhal
family
for
their
tremendous
work
in
helping
helping
build
Boston.
My
father
always
talked
about
mr.
Leventhal,
not
really
as
a
business
man,
but
the
contributions
he
made
to
our
city
to
the
civic
life
of
Boston,
so
honored
to
be
here.
Q
Thank
you
to
Rick,
dimino
and
Abed
of
Boston,
and
as
as
as
mayor,
Walsh
was
saying
about
the
the
parks
in
seven
Hill
when
he
was
a
young
kid,
as
a
coach
as
a
city
council
and
now
I'm,
seeing
that
same
investment
over
the
last
four
or
five
years
of
our
parks
and
playgrounds
across
all
of
Boston,
and
it's
because
of
the
mayor's
investments
in
our
neighborhoods.
But
it's
also
because
of
the
business
community
really
stepping
up
to
the
plate
and
supporting
supporting
our
city.
So
we
want
to
say
thank
you.
Q
B
So,
every
once
in
a
while
when
you're
working
for
a
mirror,
Rosemarie
knows
this
and
other
people
in
the
room.
You
get
asked
to
do
the
wonderful
things
and
there's
two
parts
of
that:
video
that
I
I
want
to
speak
to
for
a
second,
so
Cheers
decided
to
wrap
it
up
and
so
ray
Flynn
called
me
and
said:
I
can't
do
the
last
event.
Where
chairs
is
going
to
celebrate
this
thing
in
the
back
of
City
Hall,
would
you
mind
going
to
represent
me
mayor
I?
B
Don't
know
if
you
know
this,
but
Kirstie
Alley
was
the
heir,
and
you
know.
Of
course
you
know
we
came
up
with
this
crazy
scheme
to
give
everybody
street
name
signs
which
I
could
easily
produce
right.
Just
go
get
his
feed
name
sign
when
you're,
commissioner,
you
can
get
that
done,
so
she
had
the
perfect
name
Kirsty's
alley.
B
But
here's
the
big
deal
part
of
this
and
that's
why
I'm
glad
you
had
a
chance
to
star
in
Cheers
is
I
handed
her
a
Kirsty's
alley
and
then
I
went
home
and
told
Stacey
that
she
gave
me
a
kiss
right
on
the
cheek.
So
some
great
things
happened
mayor
when
you
get
you
know
when
I
get
to
work
for
you.
Wonderful
things
happen,
so
you
did
a
lot
of
great
things,
but
I
also
was
able
to
have
kiss
from
Kirstie
Alley.
B
We
say
this
master
general,
but
behind
those
institutions
are
great
people
and
president
rife
is
one
of
those
great
people
and
MIT,
and
the
people
that
work
in
MIT
have
been
global
leaders
in
sustainability,
climate
change
and
resiliency,
and
we're
so
fortunate
that
they've
taken
that
mantle
on
and
I
want
to
share
this
wonderful
video
that
recognizes
their
great
work.
As
a
city
builder
for
this
global
community,
please
introduce
the
tape
and
video
for
MIT.
C
My
father
would
be
so
proud
that
MIT
was
being
recognized
with
this
award.
He
used
to
come
back
from
his
meetings
at
MIT
and
he
would
be
beaming
and
talk
about
all
the
incredible
things.
Mit
was
doing
to
improve
the
world,
the
faculty,
the
students,
the
engagement
with
industry,
I,
want
to
congratulate
president
Wright
and
his
incredible
team
for
their
work
in
this
area.
In
what
they're
doing
to
improve
the
quality
of
human
life
in.
G
2014
MIT
released
a
plan
for
action
on
climate
change.
The
goal
was
to
emphasize
that
the
world
needs
an
aggressive
but
pragmatic
transition
plan
to
achieve
a
zero
carbon
global
energy
system.
The
MIT
campus
as
a
living
lab
addresses
the
urban
challenges
of
climate
change.
This
plan
is
already
responsible
for
positive,
practical
solutions
at
home,
Raphael.
E
R
Mikey's
Climate
Action
Plan,
was
based
on
a
year-long
discussion
with
the
members
of
our
campus
community
plan
consists
of
five
pillars,
the
first
of
which
is
to
improve
our
understanding
of
climate
science.
The
second
is
to
develop
low-carbon
energy,
efficient
solutions
through
technology.
The
third
is
to
educate
our
students
who
are
going
to
carry
out
this
work.
R
G
G
Is
educating
the
future
engineers
of
sustainability
today,
some
of
the
on
campus
research
includes
a
study
of
campus
waste,
looking
at
the
complexities
of
the
efficiencies
of
both
old
and
new
buildings
on
campus
open
spaces,
flood
zones
and
how
sustainable
energy
will
be
provided
with
a
new
power
plant.
Looking
at
a
goal
of
net
neutrality
by
2050,
there's.
S
Been
an
effort
to
expand
the
educational
opportunities
for
students
to
get
them
and
give
them
opportunities
to
think
about
what
it
would
mean
to
be
a
champion
of
climate
change
and
their
careers
in
the
future.
And
so
there's
a
new
miner
was
created
in
in
climate
change
to
help
students
understand
that
the
causes
and
consequences
of
it
and
some
of
the
possible
pathways
to
solutions.
G
S
G
Success
of
a
plan
for
action
on
climate
change
is
that
the
MIT
campus
is
a
living
lab
for
sustainability
by
reducing
its
carbon
footprint.
The
education
of
MIT
students
to
architect
the
future
of
net
zero
energy
consumption
and
these
students
and
this
plan
will
show
the
world
by
example,
that
these
energy
plans
can
work.
A
better
city
salutes
the
MIT
community
for
leading
the
charge
for
sustainable
campus
living.
B
So
when
we
started
doing
this
nine
years
ago,
we
knew
that
there
was
an
amazing
woman.
That
was
an
inspiration,
a
leader
if
you
will
kind
of
one
of
the
most
substantive
environmental
impressionnant
women
that
we
really
could
have
embraced
as
an
award
winner
and
that
one
was
Kathy
Douglas
stone.
Kathy,
please
recognized,
am
I
to
come
up
here
and
recognize
our
MIT
colleagues
and
also
please
welcome
Kathy
Doug
the
stones.
T
And
good
evening,
as
a
past
recipient
of
the
Norman
B
Leventhal
environment
award,
I'm,
especially
honored,
to
present
this
year's
honor
to
president
rife
and
the
MIT
Cecina,
the
sustainability
team,
the
Boston
region,
the
nation,
and
indeed
the
world
benefit
from
the
innovation
and
leadership
fostered
by
MIT,
is
Allen.
Joining.
B
U
V
Congratulations
short
so
good
evening.
My
name
is
Joe
Higgins
and
I'm.
The
director
of
operations
at
MIT
and
Julie
and
I
are
here
with
our
MIT
colleagues
this
evening,
the
incredible
team.
It
is
a
privilege
for
us
to
represent
president
rife
and
MIT
in
accepting
this
award
from
Cathy
and
Alan
this
evening
on
behalf
of
MIT,
we
want
to
express
our
thanks
to
the
Leventhal
family
for
inspiring
and
recognizing
excellence
in
our
broader
community,
into
a
better
City
for
serving
as
a
role
model
and
a
catalyst
for
regional
collaboration
in
2016.
V
Mit
had
the
great
fortune
to
work
so
closely
with
the
better
City
Boston
Medical
Center
and
post
a
post
office
square
redevelopment
corporation
to
enable
the
construction
of
a
60
megawatt
solar
farm
in
North
Carolina.
The
facility,
as
you
saw,
is
called
Summit
farms.
It
is
now
one
of
the
largest
renewable
energy
projects
ever
built
in
the
country.
Through
such
a
diverse
alliance
of
diverse
buyers,
it's
three
miles
long.
It
really
is
big.
V
V
Since
the
launch
of
Summit
farms,
we've
shared
this
model
with
peers
across
the
country,
we've
hosted
webinars
meetings
and
presentations.
We've
received
immediate
and
passionate
interest
from
statewide
systems,
local
corporations
and
university
partnerships,
many
of
which
have
pursued
collective,
renewable
energy
of
their
own.
So
we'd
like
to
extend
our
thanks
to
our
great
partners
and
the
great
people
of
the
Summit
farms
project.
A
better
City
is
the
convener
Boston
Medical
Center
and
post
office,
where
we
Development
Corporation
your
combined
efforts
put
forth
a
new
model
to
increase
renewable
energy
solutions
at
such
a
remarkable
scale.
W
Thank
you
Joe.
My
name
is
Julie
Newman
I'm,
the
director
of
sustainability
at
MIT,
and
it's
such
an
honor
for
joining
me
to
represent
president
rife
and
MIT,
and
excepting
tonight,
tonight's
environmental
ward,
as
you
might
imagine,
mit,
has
had
a
longtime
focus
on
environmental
issues
and
in
1928.
Mit
was
the
first
institution
in
the
nation
to
establish
what
I've
learned
as
a
media
meteorology
curriculum,
an
initiative
that
propelled
many
of
our
faculty
and
students
to
become
leaders
in
the
field
of
climate
science.
W
However,
as
as
articulated
earlier,
we
still
grapple
with
how
to
reduce
our
emissions
at
MIT
in
the
region
and
in
the
world
every
single
day,
and
we
know
that
we
cannot
get
there
on
our
own,
because
climate
mitigation
is
inherently
a
collaborative
work.
We
continue
to
advance
partnerships
in
Cambridge
and
in
the
Greater
Boston
area,
for
example,
through
the
Boston
Green
rib,
commissioned
some
of
what
you
were
here
tonight
and
the
Cambridge
compact
for
a
sustainable
future.
W
We
are
deeply
honored
to
accept
this
award
on
behalf
of
President
rife
and
the
Institute,
and
we
are
grateful
to
the
Leventhal
family
and
a
better
City
for
the
special
recognition.
Please
know
that
the
evening
inspires
us
even
more
to
work
with
all
of
you
on
behalf
of
the
future
of
our
planet.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
B
So,
as
Alan
was
saying
every
once
in
a
while,
I'd
have
a
chance
to
go,
have
lunch
with
Norman,
and
one
of
the
stories
that
would
tell
us
is
that
you
know
Rick
and
of
course,
I
I
knew
this.
But
he'd
say
you
know:
I
was
thinking
about
going
to
Harvard,
I
want
and
knocked
in
the
door,
and
the
reception
wasn't
so
long.
So
I
went
down
the
street
and
I
went
to
MIT
and
thank
God.
I
did
and
I.
Think
MIT
is
very
grateful.
B
That
Norman
was
one
of
their
great
students,
but
I
can
tell
you
and
Norman
used
to
teach
tease
me
because
I
got
to
teach
a
little
bit.
The
Graduate
School
design
got
to
be
a
little
fellow
there
and
we
would
kid
around
about
the
rivalry.
But
what
a
wonderful
organization
that
does
many
wonderful
things
and
I
want
to
recognize.
Someone
that's
been
on
the
board
of
a
better
city.
For
many
years.
That's
represented
the
organization,
Kelly
brown.
Let's
recognize
Kelly.
B
X
Thank
you.
So
the
we're
all
members
of
many
business
organizations
in
this
room
and
I
think
that
it's
important
to
recognize
that
the
secret
sauce,
the
the
magic
really
I,
think
of
a
better
city
and
its
predecessor
is
the
good
home
work
that
is
done
by
the
staff
and
by
its
team
of
consultants.
And
so,
as
the
chairman
of
the
board
of
a
better
City
I,
am
very
pleased
to
present
a
medal
to
tom
nalli
for
his
30
years
of
service,
with
the
better
City
and
the
artery
business
committee.
X
X
Remember
that
the
central
artery
tunnel
project,
the
I-90
Austin
interchange,
project,
the
Metropolitan,
Highway
System,
and
a
variety
of
transportation
related
projects
such
as
the
Commonwealth
Avenue
bridge
project
and
the
Longfellow
bridge
rehabilitation
project
which
we
all
enjoy
today
prior
to
his
tenure,
is
at
a
better
City
Tom,
managed
designed
excellence
initiatives
and
served
a
Deputy
Director
of
the
corrections
of
the
corrections
special
unit
for
the
Massachusetts
division
of
capital,
planning
and
operations.
But
that's
not
correctly
spelled
or
stated,
but
I
know
that
tom
was
a
part
of
the
whiz
kids.
X
X
He
serves
on
the
Brookline
economic
development
advisory
board
and
he
has
he's
a
registered
architect
received,
as
I
said,
his
master's
in
planning
from
MIT,
and
tonight
we
recognized
Tom,
who
is
joined
by
his
wife,
Sue
Dee
and
their
son
Michael,
and
thank
him
for
his
loyal
service
and
steadfast
work
with
a
better
City
over
these
last
thirty
years.
Tom.
Y
B
B
He's
an
amazing
individual
I
was
actually,
commissioner,
when
Tom
was
working
for
then
the
otteri
business
committee
and
working
for
a
dear
colleague,
who
was
an
amazing
leader
that
Mayor
Flynn
brought
to
the
administration,
William
William
Coughlin
and
between
bill
Coughlin
and
Tom
Daley,
fretsaw,
Buchi
and
I,
and
the
mayor
and
the
governor
Dukakis
couldn't
have
a
better
team
at
the
Audrey
Business
Chronicle
Tom.
Thank
you
again
for
all
your
wonderful
contributions
to
others.
B
So
in
life
you
run
into
people
that
are
very
thoughtful
about
giving
guidance
to
people
like
me,
and
recently
I
got
asked
by
Mia
watching
Governor
Baker's,
who
work
with
the
business
community
to
create
a
business
improvement
district
for
the
Greenway,
so
I
went
to
the
Oracle
of
Delphi,
known
as
rosemary
Sansone
and
thank
God.
She
took
me
under
her
wing.
B
The
good
news
is
that
she's
taking
me
under
her
wing
for
many
years,
and
it's
great
when
you
talk
to
rosemary
because
she's
such
an
astute,
an
amazing
leader,
you
just
asked
a
simple
question
rose.
We
should
know
you
don't
wanna,
do
that.
How
about
this
and
now
that's
really
stupid
and
that
kind
of
guidance
and
advice
has
helped
people
like
me,
and
many
many
others
she's
been
a
mentor
to
this
community,
a
leader,
an
elected
official
and
an
amazing
amazing,
passionate
dedicated
soul.
B
That's
really
driven
the
city
and
its
passions
and
its
wonderful
outcomes
and,
of
course,
I
mean
the
first-ever
Business
Improvement
District
in
the
City
of
Austin
so
arose
many
we're
going
to
your
turn
on
attributes
for
you
tonight,
but
I'm.
You
know
we
we
wish.
We
could
do
more
and
more
for
the
wonderful
works
that
you've
done
for
us.
So
please
welcome
this
video
in
tribute
to
rosemary
san
song,.
M
Well,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
congratulate
Rosemarie
Sansone
for
receiving
this
very
distinguished
award
named
after
Norman
Leventhal.
A
fixture
in
an
institution
in
Boston
Rosemarie
did
something
very
special
for
Boston.
She
connected
the
cultural
glory
of
Boston
downtown
Boston
in
the
business
community,
said
the
neighborhoods
of
the
city.
That
was
the
ultimate
goal
of
our
administration
in
four
years.
That
had
been
somewhat
estranged,
but
she
brought
she
and
others
brought
Rickey
dimino
and
other
people
brought
it
back
together.
So
it
was
one
Boston,
a
United
Boston,
congratulations,
Rosemarie,
a
well-deserved
award,
the.
G
2019
honoree
for
land
development,
Rosemarie
Sansone
truly
should
be
honored
or
excellence
in
city
building
or
her
entire
career.
She
has
been
a
part
of
the
fabric
of
city
builders
who
have
laid
the
foundation
of
the
Boston
that
we
all
enjoy.
Today.
She
was
inspired
to
public
service
while
working
for
Frank
Pilate.
She.
U
Z
Are
some
people
and
rosemary
is
one
of
them?
They
don't
settle
for
mediocrity.
I
mean
it's
not
in
their
mindset
and
I.
Think
that
when
you
build
a
city
that
has
you
have
to
be
driven
by
excellence,
you
have
to
be
driven
by
the
need
to
serve
others
and
the
need
to
actually
transform
people's
lives
during.
G
M
AA
G
AA
AB
G
AC
About
being
safe,
it's
about
being
clean,
it's
about
being
fun
and
promoted
and
I
think
she's
accomplished
all
of
those
goals
and
she
continues
to
our
Business
Improvement
District
is
diverse
and
that
it
has
people
living
in
high-rise,
condominiums
and
apartments.
We
have
the
Chinese
community,
we
have
retail
it's
a
major
transportation
hub
that
the
most
active
transportation
hub
in
the
city,
all
of
those
ingredients,
take
management
and
managing
and
Rosalie
accomplishes
that
well.
B
AC
I
can't
present
you
without
you
all
right,
so
there's
a
myth
that
Rosemarie
comes
from
the
North
End
she's,
a
suburban
kid
and
Frank
Pilate
you're,
the
one
who
got
her
into
all
of
this,
so
we're
actually
pals
known
each
other
through
her
whole
career,
which
has
been
described
to
you.
But
the
most
important
thing
about
Rosemarie
is
for
stick-to-itiveness
and
her
integrity
and
her
never
giving
up
on
anything.
AC
We've
become
partners,
I'm,
probably
her
worst
nightmare,
because
she
gets
texts
and
emails
from
me
of
cars
that
are
in
the
district
when
they
shouldn't
be.
There
are
bricks
that
are
loose
which
shouldn't
be,
but
we
really
have
formed
a
serious
partnership
and
the
Downtown
Crossing
is
diverse,
as
I
said,
and
it's
diverse
in
terms
of
the
problems
that
it
presents
to
its
leadership,
and
only
someone
like
Rose
Marie
could
really
handle
that
now
before
we
bestow
the
gold
medal
to
Rose
Marie,
who
enhances
what
I
want
a
year
ago,
and
thank
you
very
much.
AC
The
choices
is
terrific.
The
one
last
thing
I
want
to
say
about
Rose
Marie,
is
that
she
and
I
gossip
right
and
we
gossip
about
the
things
that
people
talk
about
in
this
city
and
they're
kind
of
two
of
them
sports
and
politics,
and
there's
nobody
better
at
understanding.
What's
going
on
than
Rosemarie
and
frankly,
she
is
unbeknownst
to
you
an
advisor
to
me,
because
when
there
are
things
that
I
might
need
to
know
with
as
a
direction
which
we
might
need
to
go
in,
I
call
Rosemarie.
AD
The
moment
I've
been
waiting
for
okay.
Well,
thank
you
Ron
for
those
generous
words,
very
kind
and
generous
words,
and
thank
you,
Rick
dimino,
a
better
City,
the
Leventhal
family
and
everyone
on
the
host
committee.
For
this
wonderful,
honor
and
privilege.
I
have
prepared
some
written
remarks
and
my
former
colleague
Larry
dick
Harris,
said
it's
ok.
He
said
for
moments
like
this
and
nights
like
this.
You
can.
You
can
have
a
written
statement
because
it's
really
important
to
get
it
right.
AD
As
someone
who
gave
back
to
the
city
over
and
over
and
over
again
I
believe
there
are
many
of
you
in
this
room
tonight,
if
not
all
of
you
who
give
back
to
the
city
in
our
community
in
which
you
live
or
work,
I
believe
that
is
what
we
all
do
in
what
makes
Boston
and
Massachusetts
great.
We
dig
in
we
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
we
get
the
job
done.
We
talked
to
one
another.
AD
We
listened
to
one
another
today,
maybe
more
than
ever
before,
even
with
all
the
data
points
and
the
information
that
we
collect
I
believe
we
still
understand
that
there's
nothing
more
important
and
nothing
that
can
replace
face
to
face
conversations
and
meetings.
Even
sometimes
when
we
disagree,
the
world
we
live
in
is
very
different
than
it
was
30
or
40
years
ago.
Today's
challenges
are
more
complex
and
require
different
skills.
AD
I
started
out
working
in
city
government
at
a
very
young
age
when
I
had
a
summer
job
in
the
Collins
administration,
just
out
of
high
school
I
was
raised
in
Belmont
in
Lexington,
as
Ron
just
alluded
to
that
I'm,
not
a
North,
End
girl
and
growing
up
my
dad
who
owned
a
restaurant
in
North
Station
and
brought
me
into
the
city.
Every
Sunday,
I
learned
more
and
more
about
the
city
from
him.
AD
My
father's
family
and
my
mother's
were
from
the
West
End
as
a
section
of
Boston
that
no
longer
exists
streets
that
are
no
longer
there
because
of
urban
renewal
in
the
in
the
1950s.
My
father
loved
the
city
and
taught
me
about
every
nook
and
cranny
of
the
West
End
scollay
square,
which
is
now
Government
Center,
and
the
Downtown
Crossing
area
in
particular.
My
love
for
the
city
of
Boston
is
definitely
something
my
dad
inspired
in
me
and
I
cannot
remember
loving
anything
more.
AD
My
entire
life
each
and
every
job
I've
ever
had
whether
it
was
the
private
sector
in
government
academia
as
an
elected
official
or
appointed.
There
has
always
been
one
constant
thread
and
one
way
in
another.
It
was
Boston
and
celebrating
it
so
that
everyone
could
enjoy
it.
Now
that
I
am
doing
the
work
I
do,
which
I
really
don't
consider
work
because
I
love,
it
I
believe
it
was.
It
was
really
what
I
was
meant
to
do,
so
it
doesn't
feel
like
work.
AD
I
represent
hundreds
of
property
owners
who
collectively
have
invested
billions
of
dollars,
transforming
downtown
at
a
time
where
Boston
is
experiencing
dramatic
growth,
both
in
population
and
new
building
construction.
The
property
owners
and
the
board
of
directors
play
an
important
role
in
the
future
of
Boston,
because
our
district
is
one
that
brings
the
entire
city
together.
From
every
neighborhood
it
is
the
most
diverse,
the
most
historic
has
more
theaters
than
any
other
more's
tech
startups
and
is
the
hub
of
the
transit
system,
with
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
coming
into
the
district
every
day.
AD
So
community
building
and
bringing
people
together
is
something
that
happens
naturally
in
downtown,
because
we
are
the
center
of
it.
I
have
had
great
mentors
over
my
career,
starting
with
Frank
Pilate,
who
was
the
consummate
tireless
campaigner
and
brilliant
communicator
and
attorney,
but
he
was
also
way
ahead
of
his
time,
recognizing
the
important
role
that
women
should
play.
AD
Ricci
has
stayed
the
course
and
true
to
his
passion
of
transportation
and
planning
and
still
giving
back
to
the
city
in
Ray's
early
days
of
being
mayor,
he
started
the
first
annual
City
clean
up
day
in
all
the
neighborhoods.
He
began.
The
first
overnight
homeless,
count
and
created
the
Long
Island
shelter
for
the
homeless
and
appointed
myself
and
John
Rosenthal
as
two
of
its
first
Board
of
Directors
I
mentioned
these
past
experiences
because
they
set
the
foundation
for
aspects
of
the
work
that
I
am
doing
today.
AD
So
you
can
see
my
life
continues
to
go
full
circle.
This
past
year
we
had
three
championship
that
went
through
the
streets
of
downtown
Boston
and
we
brought
back
chatter
fest
for
thousands
of
people
to
enjoy
this
past.
Fourth
of
July.
In
closing,
let
me
say
how
grateful
I
am
to
have
people
like
Ron
Drucker
as
a
mentor
and
inspiration
for
the
work
I
do
I
am
thankful
to
Ron
and
the
other
bid
board
members
here
tonight.
AD
Jack's
/
Pam
Messinger,
rich
Beale,
Chad,
Remus,
Joe,
lark
and
Sam
Tyler
and
Peggy
ings
for
all
that
they
do
and
grateful
for
the
talented
and
dedicated
staff
I
get
to
work
with
every
day
and
the
former
colleagues
and
friends
here
to
celebrate
with
me
tonight
and
my
life
partner
David,
you
have
all
been
patient
and
loved
me
and
supported
my
work
and
I
had
deeply
appreciate
that.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
extraordinary
and
very
humbling
moment,
I'm,
truly
grateful
and
honored
and
to
the
other
award
recipients.
Congratulations
and
thank
you
for
all.
B
So,
every
once
in
a
while
I
get
to
meet
these
amazing
all-stars
that
somehow
or
another
you
know
that
when
they
get
called
to
duty,
they
show
up.
They
show
up
big
time.
Joe
Albany
see
God
call
to
duty
when
the
Merrimack
Valley
was
facing
a
significant
crisis,
and
tonight
Joe
van
DC
is
getting
recognized
for
excellence
and
city
building
in
the
in
the
area
of
infrastructure,
which
is
kind
of
part
of
who
we
are
at
a
better
City.
B
AE
Hey
everybody
Massachusetts
governor
Charlie,
Baker
and
I'm.
Sorry
I
can't
be
with
you
tonight
for
two
reasons.
First
of
all,
I
would
have
really
enjoyed
having
a
chance
to
just
catch
up
with
some
old
friends
and
colleagues
and
talk
about
transportation,
but
secondly,
I
would
have
loved
to
have
had
a
chance
to
personally
congratulate
my
friend,
Joe
Albanese
on
the
honor
he's
receiving
tonight.
With
the
Norman
Leventhal
award.
AE
It
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
logistics,
a
tremendous
amount
of
communications,
a
tremendous
amount
of
planning
execution
and
follow-through
under
very
difficult
circumstances,
and
Joe
really
delivered
so
Joe
to
you
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Massachusetts,
but
especially
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Lawrence
and
North
end
over
and
over
I.
Just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
stepping
up
signing
up
and
delivering
under
a
very
difficult
circumstance
for
the
people
of
those
areas.
I
congratulate
you
on
this
award
tonight.
It
is
well
earned
and
richly
deserved
have
a
great
night.
AF
Approximately
four
five
on
September
13th
2018,
we
had
a
sudden
influx
of
calls
for
reported
building
fires
in
South
Florence.
Most
of
them
came
in
as
boiler
furnace,
hot
water,
heater
fires,
companies
responded,
South
Florence
in
the
area
of
Salem
and
Osgood
Street
and
the
deputy
on
scene
within
the
first
few
minutes
and
at
receiving
multiple
calls
in
the
same
area
all
of
the
same
type
rather
rapidly
identified
that
we
had
an
over
pressurization
event.
First.
G
A
routine
gas
main
upgrade
a
replaced,
gas
line
was
abandoned.
The
gas
pressure
sensor
in
this
line
should
have
been
disabled.
This
sensor
was
automatically
calling
for
guests
to
be
pumped
into
the
system.
The
system
pressure
reached
levels
beyond
dangerous,
reaching
homes
and
businesses
without
regulation.
Every
lit
pilot
light
in
this
system
became
a
veritable
blowtorch
damages
were
estimated
at
over
100
fires
and
explosions
across
three
towns
with
10,000
homes
and
businesses
affected
Charlie
Baker
needed
to
find
a
leader
to
help
get
these
communities
functioning
again
as
quickly
as
possible.
G
He
retired
as
a
Navy
captain
after
28
years
of
military
service,
when
Governor
Baker
asked
him
to
be
chief
recovery
officer
for
this
massive
project.
Joe
took
a
leave
of
absence
from
his
company
Commodore
builders
and
went
into
service
to
the
Commonwealth
Joe
knew
that
he
needed
solid
military
minds
alongside
him.
He
reached
out
to
retired
Rear,
Admiral,
Richard,
Ceylon
and
Scot
white
heart,
along
with
retired
navy
captains,
john
hines,
el,
regina,
Marengo
and
Jason
Mitchell,
all
of
whom
trained
and
served
with
Joe
during
his
military
career
in
the
military.
AG
D
D
G
Looking
at
what
families
needed
immediately
housing
was
the
first
priority
anything
that
was
destroyed
by
the
overpressurization
of
these
gas
lines
had
to
be
fixed,
rebuilt
or
replaced
to
new
standards.
There
was
over
45
miles
of
pipeline
that
needed
to
be
replaced,
13
miles
of
existing
polyethylene
pipeline
that
needed
to
be
recertified
and
power
needed
to
be
restored
to
more
than
10,500
residences,
not
to
mention
that
winter
weather
and
the
holiday
season
were
on
the
horizon.
At
the
most
critical
point
in
the
project,
Joe
managed
5100
professionals,
including
1,150
plumbers.
G
A
Joe
has
that's
human
touch,
his
ability
to
connect
and
relate
to
people
made
a
difference
here,
because
this
was,
after
all,
it
impacted,
so
many
people's
lives.
If
they
didn't
feel
that
impact
were
unable
to
translate
that
if
we
didn't
feel
it
in
our
li
and
our
roles
in
the
communities,
he
would
have
been
far
more
difficult.
Not
to
get
things
done.
So
that's
what
what
made
Joe
unique
and
I
think
rightly
suited
for.
AH
Katty
work,
though
good
evening,
I'm
Dan,
Rivera
mayor
the
city
of
Lawrence
population,
85,000
I,
wanted
to
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
just
to
buy
the
mayor's
come
on,
say
the
mayor
mayor
Flynn.
The
work
that
you
guys
do
is
really
hard
being
mayor.
Everybody
thinks
they
want
to
do
it
until
they
have
to
do
it.
One
of
the
hardest
jobs
in
the
world
and
I
mentioned
the
publish
in
85,000,
because
I
think
Marty
Walsh
is
the
best
mayor
of
any
city
in
America
over
90,000
people.
Don't
tell
him.
I
said
that.
AH
I
think
it's
honorable
and
great
that
a
better
City
takes
time
to
to
recognize
such
great
people
within
the
Greater
Boston
community.
Rick.
Do
we
know,
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
come
up
here
to
celebrate.
Somebody
played
an
important
role
in
our
life
recently,
I've
only
known
draw
brief
time,
and
but
if
any
of
you
ever
served,
the
military
as
I
did
and
Joe
did
change
duty
stations
or
in
combat.
AH
AH
When
the
governor
asked
and
Joe
accepted
to
be
the
chief
recovery
officer
for
the
gutter
for
the
Columbia
Gas
disaster,
September
13th
I
was
ecstatic.
The
time
felt
like
war
zone
and
and
even
looking
at
the
force
today
is
hard
to
watch
and
it
felt
a
lot
like
combat
and
at
the
gap
the
governor
found
an
ex-military
commander
to
lead
the
recovery
set
up
selled
my
mind
and
ease
my
nerves,
because
I
knew
that
the
capacity
of
the
leadership
was
going
to
be
great
and
in
the
time
our
community
really
needed
great
leadership.
AH
You
know
that
he
was
a
navy.
Guy
notwithstanding,
he
was
alright
I'm
an
army
guy.
Well,
I
tell
you.
There
is
something
to
be
said
for
son
of
an
immigrant
son
of
immigrants
who
became
a
Navy
Seabee
captain
and
built
a
three
hundred
forty
million
dollar
construction
company
that
led
the
reconstruction
of
community
after
the
largest
gas
is
a
stir
in
the
country's
history.
AH
Joe
really
became
for
me.
Does
a
storm
veteran
our
Norman
Schwarzkopf
Joe's
ability
to
stand
up
a
recovery
effort
that
leveraged
the
private
and
public
sector
together
and
helped
people's
feet
to
the
fire.
Every
time
there
was
a
new
challenge,
he
stood
another
mission
up,
it's
funny
I'm,
seeing
all
those
people
in
uniform
and
I.
Don't
remember
it
too,
like
they
saw
them
in
uniform
and
they're
wearing
ties
today
and
I
didn't
I,
don't
you
know
they
were
all
a
little
bit
buttoned
down
because
we
were
in
the
thick
of
it.
AH
AH
AH
I
don't
want
to
ruin
it
by
saying
more.
You
know
get
myself
in
motion
assault,
joki,
come
up
on
here
and
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
Lawrence,
on
behalf
of
the
unknown
wrong
dog
and
his
family.
The
one
person
who
lost
their
life
in
this
disaster
on
behalf
of
a
grateful
community
is
my
honor
and
pleasure
to
present
Joe
Albanese
with
the
Norman
beat
Leventhal
excellent
in
the
infrastructure
work.
AG
Well,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
Thank
You
mayor
now.
Thank
you
for
that
kind.
Introduction
I
do
appreciate
the
friendships
that
we
developed
through
the
recovery
operation.
It
was
four
years
crammed
into
four
months
for
sure,
but
if
all
of
you
could
have
seen
what
I
saw
in
the
most
trying
time
in
the
trenches,
you
have
been
proud
of
our
elected
officials.
You
know
the
leadership
that
they
showed
the
unwavering
commitment
to
their
people
in
their
constant
presence.
AG
AG
My
greatest
satisfaction
comes
from
serving
you
know,
continues
to
shape.
Who
I
am
the
Merrimack.
Valley
is
still
recovering,
but
you
know
our
team
in
twelve
short
weeks,
I've
got
thousands
of
families
home,
and
so
many
businesses
back
to
business
I'm
so
proud
of
that.
But
there
are
so
many
people
to
thank
for
that
now.
First
I
want
to
thank
Janice
and
my
family
and
friends
all
that
all
of
you
covered
down
on
my
things
at
home.
AG
AG
My
third
call
was
to
Joe
Nolan
to
tell
him
the
genesis
gassi
to
be
turned
back
on,
and
he
did
that
ten
minutes
later
it
was
my
first
official
act
but
think
about
the
governor
calling
me
and
on
September
17th
and
on
a
moment's
notice,
I
was
able
to
leave
Commodore
builder's
for
three
months.
You
know
returning
back
for
the
first
time
on
December
21st
I
mean
there
are
not
many
CEOs
that
can
do
that
with
confidence.
AG
That
I
did
so
I
want
to
thank
my
leadership
team
for
allowing
me
to
serve
and
they're
here
tonight
too,
but
to
my
Navy
shipmates,
who
answered
my
call.
Thank
you.
I
couldn't
ever
served
all
the
principals
of
command
and
control
without
your
presence,
your
leadership
and
your
support.
Thank
you
for
being
here
tonight,
I'd
like
to
shout
out
to
you.
Could
you
please
stand.
AG
AG
Also
want
to
recognize
the
electrical
workers
in
plumbers
union
leadership
for
their
role
in
building
up
our
labor
force,
huge
numbers.
You
know,
particularly
through
a
tight
labor
market,
that
we
have
today
the
struggles
we
had
the
men
our
daily
projects.
Now
this
was
nothing
short
of
incredible,
so
thank
you.
AG
So
to
all
of
you
here,
contractors,
consultants,
volunteers,
all
who
are
part
of
the
recovery
effort.
It
was
my
privilege
to
work
with
you,
but
thank
you
for
this
recognition
from
me.
In
a
man's
life.
There
are
a
few
opportunities
to
help,
so
many
people
in
need.
It
was
an
extraordinary
and
gratifying
experience
an
opportunity
to
serve
and
lead
the
Merrimack
Valley
recovery.
Thank
you
to
the
Leventhal
family
for
recognizing
this
night.
B
B
Some
wonderful
organizations
and
leaders
like
President
Reagan,
MIT
to
exceptional
leaders,
as
I
mentioned,
that
rise,
the
call
of
duty
and
in
just
deal
with
some
of
the
most
difficult
circumstances,
but
handle
it
professionally
and
effectively
javanese
II
and
then
finally,
to
my
old
boss
and
someone
that
has
been
an
inspiration
for
many
of
us
through
the
years.
That's
been
a
guiding
light
for
what
makes
this
city
great
ambassador
and
made
it
Raymond
L
Flynn.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
Please
take
the
spirit
of
this
evening
and
bring
it
to
everything
that
you
do
and
please
remember
that
your
partners
in
helping
to
make
Boston
the
region
and
the
Commonwealth
a
great
place
to
live
and
work
and
to
visit.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening.
Please
enjoy
any
additional
cocktails
and
again
thank
you.
So
much
for
helping
create
a
better
City.